Learning objectives
Knowledge and understanding skills:
The objective of the teaching is the consolidation of the fundamental skills for the correct and complete interpretation related to the use of solutions and technologies for architectural design, in order to be able to intervene in the case of reuse and redevelopment, in order to carry out an exhaustive and articulate analysis aimed at evaluating the most congruous and sustainable methods of transformation and technological adaptation.
Competencies:
The ability to properly select and use passive active technologies, systems and building materials in order to maximize the use of natural and local heating, cooling and ventilation sources to create comfortable conditions for architecture and the environment will be acquired.
Skills will be directed toward selecting the best technological solutions for sustainable design for architecture.
Autonomy of judgment:
At the end of the Teaching, the student should have developed the ability to critically evaluate which traditional or innovative tools and technologies are the most appropriate in the case of sustainable design of a building or part of a building, in order to maximize the benefits of these systems, in terms of energy efficiency in transformation processes.
Communication skills:
Students will develop the ability to describe, communicate and represent at various scales the technical design of architecture in all its components, through the use of the most appropriate methods and tools, which will be illustrated during teaching.
Communication skills:
Students will develop the ability to describe, communicate and represent at various scales the technical design of architecture in all its components, through the use of the most appropriate methods and tools, which will be illustrated during teaching.
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
The course "TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT" explores architectural technologies in the context of a sustainable design model. In the first few lectures, the fundamental concepts of the discipline, the relationship between humans, the environment and technology, the climate issue and the methodology for defining a sustainable design, in relation to materials and life cycle, are addressed. Methods for environmental climate analysis are studied and practiced, related to the course topic.
For building energy efficiency, active technologies (e.g., photovoltaic, solar thermal, wind, geothermal, heat pump, etc.) and passive technologies (e.g., solar screens, solar greenhouses, wind towers, solar chimneys, etc.) are covered. Vegetation is treated as a building material, either as a building component in facades or roof gardens, or as an element of the urbanized environment, useful in improving the climatic aspects of the area. Biomimicry, algorithmic design and digital fabrication are placed alongside the more classical topics of the discipline.
To complement the theoretical and analytical aspects of architectural technology, a design phase, coordinated with the other modules of the course, takes place in parallel, offering students methodological tools for the development of sustainable design for architecture. The tools used during the course are CAD software, parametric algorithmic software, and numerically controlled machines.
Full programme
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Bibliography
• Caleca L., Architettura Tecnica, Quarta Edizioni, 2009.
• Heidegger M., Costruire abitare pensare, in "Saggi e discorsi", Mursia, Milano 1976.
• Olgyay V., Design with climate, Princeton University Press, Princeton,1962.
• Oxman, R., & R., O. (2014). Theoris of the Digital in Architecture. New York: Routledge.
An extensive bibliography for further study will be provided during the course.
Teaching methods
The teaching module will make use of the same teaching methods provided by the reference laboratory, thus providing as the main mode of delivery the in-presence one, with the support of didactic elements at
distance learning in asynchronous mode, which may be varied and modified during the course of the course of the lectures themselves, to adapt to contingent needs.
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral test, preceded by a test and a design exercise with advance delivery.
Other information
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